Genesis 40

1 And it comes to pass, after these things—the butler of the king of Egypt and the baker have sinned against their lord, against the king of Egypt;

After this, it came to pass, that two eunuchs, the butler and the baker of the king of Egypt, offended their lord.

2 and Pharaoh is angry against his two eunuchs, against the chief of the butlers, and against the chief of the bakers,

And Pharao being angry with them (now the one was chief butler, the other chief baker)

3 and puts them in confinement in the house of the chief of the executioners, into the round-house, the place where Joseph [is] a prisoner,

He sent them to the prison of the commander of the soldiers, in which Joseph also was prisoner,

4 and the chief of the executioners charges Joseph with them, and he serves them; and they are in confinement [for some] days.

But the keeper of the prison delivered them to Joseph, and he served them. Some little time passed, and they were kept in custody.

5 And they dream a dream both of them, each his dream in one night, each according to the interpretation of his dream, the butler and the baker whom the king of Egypt has, who [are] prisoners in the round-house.

And they both dreamed a dream the same night, according to the interpretation agreeing to themselves:

6 And Joseph comes to them in the morning, and sees them, and behold, they [are] morose;

And when Joseph was come in to them in the morning, and saw them sad,

7 and he asks Pharaoh’s eunuchs who [are] with him in confinement in the house of his lord, saying, “Why [are] your faces sad today?”

He asked them, saying: Why is your countenance sadder today than usual?

8 And they say to him, “We have dreamed a dream, and there is no interpreter of it”; and Joseph says to them, “Are interpretations not with God? Please recount to me.”

They answered: We have dreamed a dream, and there is nobody to interpret it to us. And Joseph said to them: Doth not interpretation belong to God? Tell me what you have dreamed.

9 And the chief of the butlers recounts his dream to Joseph and says to him, “In my dream, then behold, a vine [is] before me!

The chief butler first told his dream: I saw before me a vine,

10 And in the vine [are] three branches, and it [is] as it were flourishing; gone up has its blossom, its clusters have ripened grapes;

On which were three branches, which by little and little sent out buds, and after the blossoms brought forth ripe grapes:

11 and Pharaoh’s cup [is] in my hand, and I take the grapes and press them into the cup of Pharaoh, and I give the cup into the hand of Pharaoh.”

And the cup of Pharao was in my hand: and I took the grapes, and pressed them into the cup which I held, and I gave the cup to Pharao.

12 And Joseph says to him, “This [is] its interpretation: the three branches are three days;

Joseph answered: This is the interpretation of the dream: The three branches are yet three days:

13 yet, within three days Pharaoh lifts up your head, and has put you back on your station, and you have given the cup of Pharaoh into his hand, according to the former custom when you were his butler.

After which Pharao will remember thy service, and will restore thee to thy former place: and thou shalt present him the cup according to thy office, as before thou wast wont to do.

14 Surely if you have remembered me with you, when it is well with you, and have please done kindness with me, and have made mention of me to Pharaoh, then you have brought me out from this house,

Only remember me, when it shall be well with thee, and do me this kindness: to put Pharao in mind to take me out of this prison:

15 for I was really stolen from the land of the Hebrews; and here also I have done nothing that they have put me in the pit [for].”

For I was stolen away out of the land of the Hebrews, and here without any fault was cast into the dungeon.

16 And the chief of the bakers sees that he has interpreted good, and he says to Joseph, “I also [am] in a dream, and behold, three baskets of white bread [are] on my head,

The chief baker seeing that he had wisely interpreted the dream, said: I also dreamed a dream, That I had three baskets of meal upon my head:

17 and in the highest basket [are] of all [kinds] of Pharaoh’s food, work of a baker; and the birds are eating them out of the basket, from off my head.”

And that in one basket which was uppermost, I carried all meats that are made by the art of baking, and that the birds ate out of it.

18 And Joseph answers and says, “This [is] its interpretation: the three baskets are three days;

Joseph answered: This is the interpretation of the dream: The three baskets are yet three days:

19 yet, within three days Pharaoh lifts up your head from off you, and has hanged you on a tree, and the birds have eaten your flesh from off you.”

After which Pharao will take thy head from thee, and hang thee on a cross, and the birds shall tear thy flesh.

20 And it comes to pass, on the third day, Pharaoh’s birthday, that he makes a banquet to all his servants, and lifts up the head of the chief of the butlers, and the head of the chief of the bakers among his servants,

The third day after this was the birthday of Pharao: and he made a great feast for his servants, and at the banquet remembered the chief butler, and the chief baker.

21 and he puts back the chief of the butlers to his butlership, and he gives the cup into the hand of Pharaoh;

And he restored the one to his place to present him the cup:

22 and the chief of the bakers he has hanged, as Joseph has interpreted to them;

The other he hanged on a gibbet, that the truth of the interpreter might be shewn.

23 and the chief of the butlers has not remembered Joseph, but forgets him.

But the chief butler, when things prospered with him, forgot his interpreter.